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Tag: Chicago Cubs

  • TGS Pro Weekly 1.07: The Cubs and Vikings are the best

    TGS Pro Weekly 1.07: The Cubs and Vikings are the best

    After spending the last couple weeks riding the MLB train, the TGS Pro Weekly cast circles back around to revisit the NFL after the first month of competition. Just how good are teams like the Vikings and Eagles? What do you do with the quarterback situation in Dallas when Romo comes back healthy after the […]

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  • Will I jinx the Cubs?

    Will I jinx the Cubs?

    Wow! That about sums up the Cubs game last night – amazing finish and intense nine innings. I could go on and on about how much fun that was to watch. Here’s the thing though….I’m not a real Cubs fan. Sure they’re one of the closest MLB teams to where I grew up and currently […]

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  • Drunk Dialing 1.11: Screw your curse

    Drunk Dialing 1.11: Screw your curse

    On this week’s Drunk Dialing, Tami, Jared, Ted and Tom talk about the Cubs 2-0 start to the NLDS, the college football weekend that was, and the proper way to cut a pizza. As the calls come in, the hosts talk to the guests about their greatest drunken adventures, which lead to some pretty interesting […]

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  • Why sports means something to us

    Why sports means something to us

    Has your team ever won something spectacular in miraculous fashion? You were so happy you didn’t care who you hugged or celebrated with. Has your team ever lost a game and you were so angry or upset that you vent to whoever will listen? Then that one person comes to you and says “don’t worry… […]

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  • TGS Pro Weekly 1.06: Playoffs? We’re talking about PLAYOFFS?

    TGS Pro Weekly 1.06: Playoffs? We’re talking about PLAYOFFS?

    Welcome back to another week of TGS Pro Weekly. With MLB Wild Card games in full swing, the crew starts at the center of the action with the Giants and Mets. The prevailing opinion amongst Cubs fans was that they would rather face the Mets in the opening round, so how are they feeling now […]

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  • Rewriting history

    Rewriting history

    The Chicago Cubs have won the National League Central and will be heading to the playoffs as the NL’s top seed. The Cubs were dominant throughout the year, clinching their playoff spot with over two weeks to go in the season and finishing the year with 103 victories. With this much success it’s easy to […]

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  • I believe

    I believe

    I remember a smoke filled apartment, with the Cubs play-by- play in the background visiting my great grandma. Let me tell you about my great grandma. She ran away and joined the circus as a teenager, she smoked up until a year before she passed away in 2002, and she was the biggest Cubs fan […]

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  • MLB blackouts give fan base growth a black eye

    MLB blackouts give fan base growth a black eye

    For several years now, Major League Baseball has been ramping up efforts to keep America’s pastime from slipping into America’s past.

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  • WNTD 1.27: The Cubs are NL Central Champs!

    WNTD 1.27: The Cubs are NL Central Champs!

    The We’re Not That Drunk Podcast returns for the first time without a guest in almost six months. So naturally, the crew needed a guest host, so Jared Leeper fills in for the injured Tom Danielson. America’s favorite segment Dicks of Twitter makes it’s glorious return as Ted was brave enough to search the mentions of Matt […]

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  • The Zebra Report – 9/15/16

    The Zebra Report – 9/15/16

    I was a former intramural referee in college, which I highly recommend to any college student or future college student reading this. Seriously, it’s a fun, easy job that pays decent. I take great pride in my ability to critique officials based on my five years of reffing sports at the collegiate intramural level. So […]

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